Interview with… Baldvin Björn Haraldsson, BBA // Fjeldco

With travel restrictions and social distancing measures tightening across Europe, what are the greatest challenges facing the Icelandic legal market in the coming months?  The key challenge is to ensure that law firms can continue to provide first-class legal services by reorganising the workplace and providing sufficient personal and professional support to their staff.  What do you do …

Interview with… Nicholas Papapolitis, Papapolitis & Papapolitis

Greece has international praise for its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. How would you assess the Greek Government’s actions against the pandemic and how the legal sector benefitted from its decisive action?   The Greek government indeed has proved to be very successful in terms of handling the Covid-19 pandemic demonstrating remarkable organisational skills coupled with decisive actions.   The benefit for …

Interview with… Myriam Baars-Schilling, Oppenhoff & Partner Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater mbB

Have there been any lessons learnt from the Covid-19 pandemic that you’d like to share?  The most important, incredibly reassuring and not surprising experience was that we can fullyrely on our employees even in such challenging times. Their flexibility, unwavering commitment and perseverance have ensured that our clients during the last couple of months have never felt any difference from what they are experiencing in normal times. From our …

Interview with… Youssef Djehane, Partner, BDGS Associés AARPI

Which role will your firm play in the French legal market in the coming years? How does the coexistence of major international law firms and French firms, both with an international platform and with a distinctly domestic outlook, influence your firm’s strategy?  After only seven years of existence, BDGS Associés has established itself as a …